Parents association

Brothers during snowstorm

Phi Kappa Theta is very proud of the relationship our fraternity has with its member’s parents and families. We are one of the few fraternities on campus that maintain an active parent’s association, which keeps parent’s informed and up to date on the going’s on in Athens, as well as serves as a forum for their questions and concerns.

Our chapter schedules regular parent’s weekends in which parent’s are invited to Athens to spend time with their sons and the fraternity as a whole. Our parent’s association also has workday’s at the house at which brother’s work alongside parent’s to improve the fraternity house.

If you have any questions about our parent’s association, or the relationship our fraternity has with it’s parents, please contact Brother Kevin Chalpan, at kchalpan@uga.edu

Alumni association

The Delta Rho chapter of Phi Kappa Theta has a large and expanding community of alumni that spans the country. In addition to alumni sponsored events and alumni visits to the house, our chapter maintains Dr. David Stooksbury as our Faculty Advisor, and Brother Rick Maggiore as our Fraternal Advisor. .

Alumni event at stone mountain

Mr. Richard Maggiore, local businessman, is our alumni advisor. He routinely attends weekly chapter meetings. He is always available to advise the fraternity or to advise brothers on professional or personal matters. “The Godfather” as he is called was in the second associate members class of Phi Kappa Theta at UGA in the middle 1960s and majored in marketing (BBA). He also serves as a National Trustee for Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity and was recognized by the National fraternity as an outstanding alumnus in 2002.

Fr. Dann Brown, Episcopal Minister to UGA, is our chaplain. Fr. Dann is always there to advise brothers and associate members on personal and spiritual matters. He is real easy to talk with and is very unjudgemental. When a brother has a problem, he emphasizes dealing with the problem and not condemning. He gives a short “chaplain talk” once a month to the brothers on issues suggested by the brotherhood. “Padre” as he is called is the son of a Baptist preacher and graduated from Furman University where he studied religion (BA) and the School of Theology at the University of the South (Sewanee) where he earned a Master of Divinity.

Dr. David Emory Stooksbury, state climatologist and associate professor of engineering and atmospheric sciences at UGA, is our academic advisor. He attends weekly chapter meetings and is always available to assist with academic or personal problems. “Stooks” or “Pop” as he is called has been a member of Phi Kappa Theta since 1978. In 2006, he was recognized by the National Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity as the advisor of the year. He graduated from UGA with majors in plant genetics (BSA), physics and astronomy (BSPA), and agronomy (MS). His Ph.D. is from the University of Virginia in environmental sciences. Before returning to UGA he was on the faculty at the University of Nebraska.